01398nas a2200121   4500008004100000022001400041245010500055210006900160260004200229520095300271100001601224856003601240       2009                        eng d  a1913-610200aTorys Technology Law Speaker Series: Open Source Licenses and the Boundaries of Knowledge Production0 aTorys Technology Law Speaker Series Open Source Licenses and the  aOttawabTalent First Networkc04/20093 aThe University of Ottawa, Faculty of Law is Canada's premiere legal program in law and technology. The Torys Technology Law Speaker Series  brings prominent speakers from around the world to discuss current topics in law and technology.

A new approach to open source software was presented to students and faculty at the University of Ottawa on March 11, 2009. Michael Madison, Associate Dean for Research and Professor of Law at the University of Pittsburgh School of Law, presented "Open Source Licenses and the Boundaries of Knowledge Production". Prof. Madison spent time outlining and answering questions on a novel interpretation of copyright in the age of OSS. Using historical examples, he called for the courts to incorporate a spatial framework to deal with open source licenses. His approach was particularly relevant and timely in light of a recent opinion from the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, Jacobsen v. Katzer. 
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